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An angle i a triangle |
2020-05-16 |
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From Ogunjobi: Two goal post are 8m apart a footballer is 34 m from one post and 38m from the other within what angle must he kick the ball if he is to score Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Running in opposite directions around a circular track |
2020-05-11 |
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From Alessandra: 2. Alan and Brian are two runners. Alan runs at 6.6 m/s and Brian runs at 8.4 m/s. They start from
the same place on a circular 400 m track and run in opposite directions round and round the
track.
(a) How far has Brian run when they pass each other for the first time?
(b) After they pass each other for the second time, how much further does Brian need to run
in order to complete two laps (800 m)? Answered by Penny Nom. |
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How long will it take to dig the trench? |
2020-05-06 |
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From Marielena: If the production rate for hand digging a trench is 1.2 mh/cy, how long would it take for one man to dig a trench 2 feet deep by 1 foot wide by 216 feet long? Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Three numbers have a sum of 45 |
2020-05-06 |
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From Jayden: Three numbers have a sum of 45. The greatest of the 3 numbers is 2 greater than the least number. What are the numbers? * Answered by Penny Nom. |
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The flight of a football |
2020-05-06 |
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From Michael: Football is thrown from a 10-yard line. It reaches its highest height of 20 yards. It lands on the 50-yard line after 2 seconds. What is the equation of the parabola that models this throw? I really need help as I've been on this for the longest amount of time. Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Signs at 1/3 mile intervals |
2020-05-03 |
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From Heather: The butterfly garden in St. Thomas gardens is a three mile loop at every 1/3 there is a sign along the loop to mark each 3rd of a mile along the loop if Melanie is standing next to the 7th sign at what mile is she? Answered by Penny Nom. |
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The volume of a stone |
2020-05-02 |
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From KHOSI: A rectangular container is 9cm wide,17cm long and contains water to a depth of 11cm. A stone is placed in the water and the water rises 2,2cm .Find the volume of the stone Answered by Penny Nom. |
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The volume under an an uneven surface |
2020-05-01 |
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From Solon: I am trying to fill an area of floor which has an uneven surface. I need to know the volume of fill.
If you imagine a rectangular room (4 corners) that measures 189 inches by 240 inches and the depth at each corner is different.
Let us say corner #1 has a depth of 1", corner #2 has a depth of 0", corner #3 has a depth of 2" and corner #4 has a depth of 4".
How would i find the volume of said floor area?
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated! Answered by Harley Weston. |
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Adding a service charge and the VAT |
2020-04-30 |
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From richard: was given a figure by a client been performance bonus of staff , the figure is 806,698.35 from this 806,698.35 is my company service charge of 10% and 5% of the service charge will be Vat to government in summary from 806,698.35 is 10% of service charge and 5% of service charge is the VAT Answered by Penny Nom. |
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A system of equations. |
2020-04-27 |
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From solomon: xy + x =28
x + y +4 Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Power notation |
2020-04-26 |
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From Aditi: The power notation of -1 / 128 Answered by Penny Nom. |
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The width of a rectangle of land |
2020-04-26 |
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From Teresa: If a rectangle shape piece of land is 813 feet long. How many feet width would be 2 acres? Answered by Penny Nom. |
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How many boxes will fit in a closet? |
2020-04-24 |
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From Jordan: Janelle has some boxes that are 43cm long, 23cm wide and 18cm tall.
She wants to store them in a closet in her basement that is 2.2m tall, 1.1m
wide, and 0.8m deep. What is the maximum number of boxes that
Janelle can possibly fit in the closet? Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Building a house in one year |
2020-04-22 |
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From Fify: If it takes 8 men to build a house in 450 days. How many men would it take to build the house in 365 days? Is there a specific method to calculate this please? Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Four digit numbers starting with 6 |
2020-04-22 |
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From Judy: I need to generate a list of 4 digit numbers using 0-9 where the first digit is 6 and no numbers can be repeated Answered by Penny Nom. |
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